RE: "Cultural Appropriation"
June 27, 2017 at 11:17 am
(This post was last modified: June 27, 2017 at 11:22 am by The Grand Nudger.)
That is neither new, facism, or of the left. Nor is it what Benny pointed to -as- the new facism of the left...which is what -I- contend doesn't exist.
Benny seems to have been lulled by the narrative that bigots doing genteel racism somehow have that right, that freedom,and that calling their genteel racism bigotry out in the open, repeatedly, and vehemenently...is the "new facism of the left". That anti white hetero bigotry has somehow managed to match traditional bigotries. That this is the new facism of the left. That people are being demonized by others for disagreeing...rather than demonizing -themselves- by holding such opinions. This is the new facism of the left.
He seems to think that cultural appropriation is somehow related to the new facism of the left...when it is in fact related to the old and current exploitation of oppressed people, contributing to the history and current reality of inequality between oppressed and oppressor. That is what people who stand up and out against cultural appropriation stand up and out against. They, apparently, are some of the new facists of the left.
Do you have an opinion on that, which is what we were discussing?
-Now...for the sidebar. Is there any -reason- to ignore the left wing nutjob? No. But it's nothing new. Nutjubs from both sides have done strange things without it being indicative of facism in either side. They've done this for as long as we've been a country, hell...longer. We have a long history of domestic terrorism. I would, however, like to point out that we do not need to refer to some right wing nutball shooter...at present, to establish where any facism might actually lie. We have theocrats in office. We have an alt-white potus. We have a democratic party courting fascists -and- fascism in order to chase the vote of "the other side's moderates". Hillary fumbled when she accurately described these people as deplorables. That was the problem..not that they -were- deplorables.
As an observer to this little squabble between parties it would be high comedy if the actual effect weren't so pitilessly shitty.
Benny seems to have been lulled by the narrative that bigots doing genteel racism somehow have that right, that freedom,and that calling their genteel racism bigotry out in the open, repeatedly, and vehemenently...is the "new facism of the left". That anti white hetero bigotry has somehow managed to match traditional bigotries. That this is the new facism of the left. That people are being demonized by others for disagreeing...rather than demonizing -themselves- by holding such opinions. This is the new facism of the left.
He seems to think that cultural appropriation is somehow related to the new facism of the left...when it is in fact related to the old and current exploitation of oppressed people, contributing to the history and current reality of inequality between oppressed and oppressor. That is what people who stand up and out against cultural appropriation stand up and out against. They, apparently, are some of the new facists of the left.
Do you have an opinion on that, which is what we were discussing?
-Now...for the sidebar. Is there any -reason- to ignore the left wing nutjob? No. But it's nothing new. Nutjubs from both sides have done strange things without it being indicative of facism in either side. They've done this for as long as we've been a country, hell...longer. We have a long history of domestic terrorism. I would, however, like to point out that we do not need to refer to some right wing nutball shooter...at present, to establish where any facism might actually lie. We have theocrats in office. We have an alt-white potus. We have a democratic party courting fascists -and- fascism in order to chase the vote of "the other side's moderates". Hillary fumbled when she accurately described these people as deplorables. That was the problem..not that they -were- deplorables.
As an observer to this little squabble between parties it would be high comedy if the actual effect weren't so pitilessly shitty.
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